1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

1997 FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	September 4 - September 21
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	117 (3.66 per match)
Attendance	633,000 (19,781 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David
Best player	Sergio
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The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1997 was held in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia, Alexandria, and Port Said in Egypt between 4 September and 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could participate in this tournament.

Venues

Teams

Oman	Top three teams of the AFC U-17 Championship 1996
Thailand
Bahrain
Mali	Top two teams of the 1997 African Under-17 Championship
Ghana
Mexico	Top three teams of the 1996 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
United States
Costa Rica
Brazil	Top three teams of the Sudamericano Sub-17 1997
Argentina
Chile
New Zealand	Winner of the OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament 1997
Spain	Top three teams of the 1997 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship
Austria
Germany
Egypt	Host

Squads

Matches

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	7
Egypt	3	1	2	0	5	4	1	5
Chile	3	1	1	1	7	4	3	4
Thailand	3	0	0	3	4	12	-8	0

04 September 1997 20:30	Egypt	3 – 2	Thailand	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
	Belal  16', 46' Arabi  65'	Report	Tongdee  30' Suksomkit  67'

05 September 1997 20:30	Chile	0 – 1	Germany	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
		Report	Adzic  81'

07 September 1997 18:15	Egypt	1 – 1	Chile	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)
	Abou  37'	Report	Villalobos  69'

07 September 1997 20:30	Thailand	0 – 3	Germany	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Victorino Rodriguez (El Salvador)
		Report	Deisler  27' Kehl  63' Hofmann  84'

10 September 1997 20:30	Egypt	1 – 1	Germany	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonca (Brazil)
	Ezz  66'	Report	Auer  76'

10 September 1997 20:30	Thailand	2 – 6	Chile	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
	Matong  45+2' Suksomkit  82'	Report	Viveros  41', 62' Maldonado  52' (pen.) Mirosevic  67' Alvarez  83' Zuniga  89'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	17	2	15	9
Mali	3	2	0	1	7	2	5	6
Mexico	3	1	0	2	8	6	2	3
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	0	22	-22	0

06 September 1997 18:15	New Zealand	0 – 4	Mali	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
		Report	Guindo  33' Mah. Diarra  64' Keita  70', 88'

06 September 1997 20:30	Mexico	2 – 3	Spain	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonca (Brazil)
	Arce  66' Santibanez  66'	Report	David  14', 84' (pen.) Mateos  31'

08 September 1997 20:30	New Zealand	0 – 5	Mexico	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Abdul Aziz A. Al Dokhail (Saudi Arabia)
		Report	Martinez  12' Salcedo  32' Gomez  41', 47' Santibanez  85'

08 September 1997 18:15	Mali	0 – 1	Spain	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
		Report	David  85'

11 September 1997 20:30	New Zealand	0 – 13	Spain	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Abdulhamid Radwan Abdulkareem (Egypt)
		Report	Sanchez  23', 29' Mateos  28', 64' Sergio  36' (pen.) David  43', 45+3', 47', 49' Royo  62' Ander  71' Corona  87' Lopez  90+1'

11 September 1997 20:30	Mali	3 – 1	Mexico	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)
	D. Coulibaly  40' Keita  54', 85'	Report	Perez  64'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	13	1	12	9
Oman	3	2	0	1	8	4	4	6
United States	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
Austria	3	0	0	3	1	14	-13	0

06 September 1997 13:45	Oman	4 – 0	United States	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
	Al Harbi  15' J. Al Mukhaini  39' Mohamed  46', 52'	Report

06 September 1997 16:00	Austria	0 – 7	Brazil	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Abdulhamid Radwan Abdulkareem (Egypt)
		Report	Diogo  8' Fabio Pinto  13' Geovani  16' Ferrugem  38' Matuzalem  44' Ronaldinho  75' (pen.) Anailson  85' (pen.)

08 September 1997 16:00	Oman	3 – 1	Austria	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Eugene Brazzale (Australia)
	Nairooz  18' Mohamed  45+1' (69)	Report	Ziervogel  74'

08 September 1997 13:45	United States	0 – 3	Brazil	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)
		Report	Jorginho  66' Adiel  85' Matuzalem  90'

11 September 1997 16:00	Oman	1 – 3	Brazil	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)
	Mohamed  53'	Report	Jorginho  50' Fabio Pinto  66' Geovani  84'

11 September 1997 16:00	United States	4 – 0	Austria	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea)
	Rupsis  6' Twellman  56', 67' Steven Totten  82'	Report

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	2	1	0	7	1	6	7
Argentina	3	2	1	0	3	0	3	7
Bahrain	3	1	0	2	4	8	-4	3
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5	0

5 September 1997 13:45	Argentina	0 – 0	Ghana	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Lu Jun (China)
		Report

5 September 1997 16:00	Costa Rica	1 – 3	Bahrain	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea)
	Esquivel  67'	Report	Al Dosari  64' (pen.) Amer  79' Rashed  84'

7 September 1997 16:00	Argentina	1 – 0	Costa Rica	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Galletti  59'	Report

7 September 1997 13:45	Ghana	5 – 1	Bahrain	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)
	Eku  5' Ansah  8' Afriyie  52' A. Quaye  77' Abbey  89'	Report	Yaser Amer  71'

10 September 1997 13:45	Argentina	2 – 0	Bahrain	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
	Marchant  42' Marchano  72'	Report

10 September 1997 13:45	Ghana	2 – 0	Costa Rica	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
	A. Quaye  12' Coffie  61'	Report

Knockout Stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	September 14 - Alexandria
	Brazil	2
					September 18 - Ismailia
	Argentina	0
					Germany	0
	September 14 - Cairo
					Brazil	4
	Germany	0 (4)
									September 21 - Cairo
	Mali	0 (3)
									Brazil	2
	September 15 - Port Said
									Ghana	1
	Ghana	4
					September 18 - Cairo
	Oman	1
					Ghana	2			Third place
	September 15 - Ismailia
					Spain	1
	Spain	2							Spain	2
	Egypt	1							Germany	1
									September 21 - Cairo

Quarterfinals

14 September 1997 16:00	Brazil	2 – 0	Argentina	Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
	Fabio Pinto  44', 83'	Report

14 September 1997 20:30	Germany	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Mali	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Lu Jun (China)
		Report
		Penalties
	Adzic Deisler Miedl Truckenbrod	4 – 2	Y. Coulibaly Camara Guindo Karambe Keita

15 September 1997 16:00	Ghana	4 – 1	Oman	Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)
	Al Mukhaini  25' (o.g.) Coffie  42' Afriyie  79' A. Quaye  88'	Report	Al Amri  57'

15 September 1997 20:30	Spain	2 – 1	Egypt	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Victorino Rodriguez (El Salvador)
	Sergio  28' Camacho  66'	Report	Belal  31'

Semifinals

18 September 1997 16:00	Germany	0 – 4	Brazil	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
		Report	Adiel  4' Geovanie  85' Ferrugem  86' Ronaldinho  88' (pen.)

18 September 1997 20:30	Spain	1 – 2	Ghana	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
	Sousa  35'	Report	Attram  47' Owusu Afriyie  79'

Playoff for 3rd place

21 September 1997 15:30	Germany	1 – 2	Spain	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Victorino Rodriguez (El Salvador)
	Adzic  59' (pen.)	Report	Ander  30' Sousa  85' (pen.)

Final

21 September 1997 18:15	Brazil	2 – 1	Ghana	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Matuzalem  63' Andrey  87'	Report	Afriyie  39'

Result

1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship Winners
Brazil First title

Top goalscorers

Team	Players	Goals
	David Rodriguez-Fraile	7
	Hashim Saleh	5
	Seydou Keita	4
	Owusu Afriyie	4
	Fabio Pinto	4

External links

• FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997